Elegant Universe Airs Tonight on PBS

Posted by michael on Tuesday October 28, 2003 @10:20AM from the book-learnin' dept.

fatarfy writes "USA Today among others has an article discussing tonight's presentation of Brian Greene's Elegant Universe, which discusses String Theory. It airs on PBS. From the article: 'The two segments of the show turn their spotlights on a crisis in physics, one invisible to the general public but increasingly embarrassing to the discipline. Simply put, Einstein's unbelievably accurate explanation of gravity, known as general relativity, is completely out of whack with the equally accurate explanation of electromagnetism, radioactivity and atomic forces known as quantum mechanics. The theories are mankind's most fundamental views of verifiable reality, and the disagreement means that something important about the universe eludes our understanding.' Sounds like it's worth watching."

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If you already plan to watch Nova... by node+3 · 2003-10-28 11:10 · Score: 5, Informative

Don't try too hard to find "Brian Greene's Elegant Universe" in your local listing. Instead, just watch Nova as planned, as that's the show which will be covering the topic. Part one is tonight. Part two is next week.

I don't know why the article (at least), or the headline (even better) didn't mention this. It's sort of the inverse of "The Lone Gunman are Dead".

Yes, it's in one of the seven links. Did you click all seven? I didn't.